The burying mantis (Sphodropoda tristis) is a species of mantis native to Australia.

[1] They are grey/brown or green, frequently with mottled patterning on the wings, and a have distinctive pale tubercles on the forelegs.

[2] Both sexes can reach lengths of up to 70 mm long.

Their common name comes from the behaviour of females, which infrequently bury their oothecae underground.

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